Prominence was engaged by the Department of Transport and Main Roads to develop the WHS Management Plans for a $250m investment program which was geographically spread across Queensland involving multimodal transportation including road, heavy rail, light rail and ferries.
In developing the WHS Management Plans, Prominence engaged with a complex range of internal and external stakeholders and ensured the plans aligned with TMR’s corporate policies, frameworks, guides etc and also ensuring the plans aligned with TMR’s contractual and legal obligations. The plans were co-designed with input from TMR’s WHS teams and approved by the senior program executive team. The engagement also required Prominence to provide TMR with advice on WHS resource levels which would be required to successfully implement the plans and provide an appropriate level of support to the major project over the next two years.
Following the approval and implementation of the WHS Management Plans, Prominence was subsequently re-engaged to undertake site audits across South-East Queensland to ensure the principal contractor, main contractor and sub-contractors understood and were complying with the WHS Management Plans. This included undertaking site audits during silent hours (i.e. night shifts) and during weekend working. Realtime feedback was provided to TMR during the audit program so that any findings could be acted on promptly which added real value to the project by reducing risk at the earliest possible opportunity.
The engagement resulted in a comprehensive WHS audit report with key findings and recommendations to further reduce risk and improve safety. The report was presented to both TMR and then separately to the main contractor to ensure the findings were fully understood, accepted and acted upon.
Our services were reported to be a collaborative and integrated team approach that developed unique and pragmatic solutions within a changing and challenging environment.
